Ice shaver



March 24, 1931. s. T. ECHOLS ICE SHAVER Filed June 29, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 JIZEakaZJ 5] W March 24, 1931.

s. T. ECHOLS 1,797,643

ICE SHAVER 2 sheets-sheet 2' Filed June 29 1928 Patented Mal 24,1931

PATENT OFFICE smear. r. EcnoLs, or sr. LOUIS, mss'oum ICE SHAVER Application filed June 29,

Another ob ect is to provide means for forcibly expelling the finely co'mminuted ice from the apparatus.

Withthe foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds'the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described 29 and claimed it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a view partly .in elevation and )partly in section of the complete apparatus. Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure 1. Figure 3 is a section on line 33, Figure 1. Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a base the top of which is hollowed out to form a drip pan which, 3;; as shown, can be formed'with a drain cock 2.

This base has a boss 3 provided with an opening 4 therethrough and another boss 5 is formed on the base. This last named boss constitutes a support for the base 6 of an electrio motor 7 which is held to the base 1 by bolts 8 or any other suitable fastening devices.

Seated on the boss 3 is the base 9 of anarcuate tubular housing 10, there being a delivery tube 11 integral with and extending 43 downwardly from this base 9 and opening, at its upper ends, into the enlarged end portion 12 of the body 10. This enlarged end portion constitutes the housing of the shaving and expelling elements.- The shaving element includes a 13 provided with slots 1 1 in 1928. Serial No. 589,219.

opposed portionsthereof and extending through each of the slots is a cutting blade 15 having slots 16 for the reception of clamping screws 17 extending into the disk. The blades are disposed at acute angles relative to the faces of the disk and can be adjusted in the direction of their lengths so as to vary the fineness of the comminute d ice. Disk 13 has a boss 18 secured toone end of the shaft 19 v .of the motor and this disk is mounted to fit snugly within the arcuate body 10 close to the housing 12 where it will rotate freely.

Secured to the shaft 19 within housing 12 is an expelling element in the form of a fan wheel 20 spaced from the disk 13 and work ing across the inner side of an opening 21 in the wall of housing 12 through which shaft 19 extends. The upper and lower walls of this opening are. inclined downwardly and inwardly as shown whereby moisture will 70,

drain into the housing-and not outwardly through the opening.

An car 22 is extended from the body 10 and pivotally connected to it is an arm 23 carrying a follower 24:. This follower has a head 7 25 adapted to swing downwardly into the body 10 for the purpose of forcing the contents of the body longitudinally thereof and against the disk 13. The position of the follower in the body has been indicated by .broken lines. A handle 26 is-extended from the follower and a stop screw 27 can be carried thereby for engagement with the end of the body to limit the downward movement of the head 25. This screw is adjustable as will beobvious. A stop lug 28 is also extended from the arm 23 and is adapted to engage the housing 12 when the follower 24 is in extreme open position, thereby to support the follower as shown by full lines in Figure 1. In practice the ice to be shaved is placed in the body 10 and the follower 24 is' then swung downwardly so that the head will press against the ice and force'it against'the disk 13. Motor 7 will cause thedisk to rotate at a high speed and the blades 1d will shave through the ice, causing the shavings to pass through the slots. 14 in the disk and thence to the housing 12 from which they gravi tate through the outlet tube Fan 20 serves to ing inclined to drain into 'and a motor on prevent any of the ice from escaping through the opening 21 and also acts as a means for ejecting the shavings down.- wardly through the tube 11. Any moisture accumulating on the outer surfaces ofthe structure either by condensation or otherwise will drain into thehollow base 1 and can be removed therefrom through the drain cock 2.

As before explained, this device, which is very simple and compact, can be attached readily to a suitable support, such as the top of an ice box, etc. It will act to uickly and efiiciently shave the ice applied t ereto and the construction is such as to reduce to the minimum all danger of moisture dripping from the apparatus onto surrounding structures. I

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described including a base constituting a drip pan, an arcuate tubular body detachably mounted at one end on the base for 'receiving ice to be shaved, that portion of the body nearest the base constituting a housing, an outlet tube extending from the bottom of said housing through the base, a shaving element mounted for rotation Within the body adjacent to the an expelling element mounted for rotation within the housing above the tube,

the base for, driving said housing,

shaving and expe lling element.

2. A device of. the class described including a base, an arcuate body detachably mounted at one end on the base, said body being tubular, that portion of thebody connected to the base constituting a housing, a motor, a shaft extending from the motor into the housing, there being an enlarged aperture in the housing through which the shaft extends, the'walls of'the aperture ,be-

the housing, an expelling element mounted on the shaft and extending across the aperture for preventing escape of shaved ice through the aperture and directing the same'downwardly, a shaving element mountedfor rotation between the arcuate body and its housing portion, and an outlet tube extending downwardly from said housing portion for receiving shavings from the shaving element and the expelling device.

3. A device of the class described includ ing a base constituting a drip pan, an arcuate tubular, body detachably mounted at one end on said base, said end of the body constitut ing a housing, an outlet tube depending from and integral with the housing and extending through the base, a slotted disk mounted for rotation in the body close to the housing portion thereof, shaving blades adjustably mounted within the slotted portions of the disk, an expelling fan within the housing but spaced from the disk to provide an unobstructed passage from the blade to the forcing material a ainst the shaving element, and an expelling element between the outlet and the shavlng element, said element having all portions thereof spaced from the shaving element to provide at all times an unobstructedpassage from the shaving element to the outlet.

- 5. A device of the class described including a body havin an arcuate tubular inlet and an outlet,.a sliaft mounted for rotation in the body, a shaving element rotatable with i the shaft between the inlet and the outlet,

a follower within the tubular inlet and movable lengthwise thereof for forcing material against the shaving element, and an expelling element' rotatable with the shaft between the shaving element and the outlet, said element including blades radiating. from the shaft and having all portions thereof spaced from the shaving element to provide an unobstructed passage from said element tothe outlet.

'In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I, have hereto aflixed my signa- 05 turei SAMUEL T. EGHOLS.. 

